JUDGMENT
On March 8, 1979 the named respondent to this appeal (ADIJAH) and the two named appellants (Ranchod and his wife, Hariben) for breach of an alleged agreement, made in 1976, whereby the appellants said to have agreed to sell to the respondent two plots in Nakuru, No LR 451/453 at the junction of Race Course Road and Kenyatta Avenue, and LR 451/49/ 26 West of Pandit Nehru Road. The respondent alleged that he had paid a total of Kshs 220,000 of the agreed price of Kshs 650,000, the appellants, of which they acknowledged receipt, and a further Kshs 30,000 to their advocate, Mr K M Patel, of Nakuru. The respondent therefore sought orders of specific performance against the appellants, or alternatively the return of the total of Kshs 250,000 paid to the appellants and their advocate, plus what were described as mesne profits, calculated from the first such payment until final determination of the case.
It being alleged that there was no valid appearance entered after due service of t…